Curtain-hook



Patented Dec. 7, 1920.

v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN C. SCHMIDT, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CURTAIN-HOOK.

1,361,624. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec, 7, 1920,

Application filed January 22, 1920. Serial No. 353,294.

souri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCurtain-Hooks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a hook for attaching,

curtains that have been cleaned to a stretcher or frame whlle drying.

In practice a large number of such hooks are used. The operation ofremoving them so as to take the curtain out of the frame is, therefore,quite tedious.

One of the difliculties attending the tak ing of a curtain out of such aframe is the diiliculty of getting hold of each individual hook for thepurpose of such removal, as the hook must be grasped firmly in thefingers and itself taken off the frame before it can be released fromits hold upon the curtain.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, inwhich like num bers of reference denote like parts wherever they occur,

l igure 1 is a top plan view showing fragmentarily a curtain attached toa frame;

Fig. 2 is a sectional View on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1, looking in thedirection indicated by the arrows; and

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of one of the hooks.

The frame 1 may be of any ordinary or desired construction. The curtain2 may be a lace or net or other kind of curtain.

The prong 3 of the hook 4 extends from an intermediate portion thereofand passes through the material of curtain 2 and holds the same, asshown in Figs. 1 and 2.

Prior to the present invention, it was quite diflicult to get hold ofeach individual hook, because the part 5 lay closely against the edge 6of the frame 1. It was quite hard on the finger-nails of women or othersto get hold of this part 5 to pull on the hook to disengage it from theframe 1.

The provision of the projection, bead or tit 7 in this present deviceobviates this dilliculty and makes it quicker, easier, and moreconvenient and less painful to, and hard on the finger-nails of, theuser to get hold of one of these hooks and to pull it off the frame 1.The bend 8 additionally facilitates taking hold of one of these hooksand likewise resiliently engages the side of the curtain frame to retainthe hook in place.

Having thus described this invention, I hereby reserve the benefit ofall changes in form, arrangement, order, or use of parts, as it isevident that many minor changes may be made therein without departingfrom the spirit of this invention or the scope of the following claim.

I claim:

A hook of the character described provided with a hooked end portion, anintermediate part extending from said hooked end portion and adapted tocontact with the side of a frame, said intermediate portion having anangular extension passing around theedge of the frame and projectingoutwardly at a point to provide a finger grasping part, the extensionbeing formed with a forwardly projecting angular portion resilientlycooperating with the opposite side of i the frame.

In testimony whereof I hereunto allix my signature.

JOHN C. SCHMIDT.

